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Brice-Finch, Jacqueline – Clearing House, 1997
Notes that familiarity with the language of students--and especially awareness of the features of their languages that make acquisition of educated English difficult--enables the teacher to use a variety of techniques. Suggests that tolerance and acceptance of a panoply of dialects is a must, not a choice. (RS)
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Language Standardization, Nonstandard Dialects, Secondary Education
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Whittier, Gayle – Clearing House, 1995
Suggests that, despite the expanding variety of the university population, despite diversity and challenges to the literary canon, writing assignments continue to be uninspired and outdated. Describes an "Alternative Responses to Literature" course whose aim was to open up the communal readings, the forms of response to them, and the…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, College English, Course Descriptions, Higher Education